FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF DANGOTE...DANGOTERISING the nation by Mkpisi.
It was just like managing Oligarchy and many thought it was a phase that will flow out with the Tide or the Government that bought into it ,but the continual flow is now a cause for concern to discerning minds ...
An individual is controlling the Raid or call it Trade and commerce, as all the FLOUR making and distribution of the Nation bows to his Caprices.
The CEMENT is also ceded to him without competition and if para-venture any competition is initiated,the Federal Government will shut it down without minding whose OX is gored and gorged.
The same Man is in absolute ownership of Spaghetti that is consumed in the entire nation, handing exclusivity of common bread of a state to a trader will make him a multi Billionaire,so giving a particular person most of articles of daily use on National market is trading and grooming Dictatorship.
He set the price of Salt,Peg the process of Sugar because he has no active competition,it was so ,not because he has the Decanter of smart trading,but because competition is shelved to make him the Alpha and Omega.
He is 100 Percent in control of CEMENTS in the entire Nation of over 200 Million individuals and branched off to West African Nations with his Cement product ,it is funny that his price of Cement in Ghana ,which are manufactured in Nigeria ,road ship to Ghana ,yet the prices are cheaper in Ghana than in Nigeria with less than 40% difference.
The irony is that he set the prices of any of the Product he controls to his heart content ,he is into many products which he is controlling exclusively and enjoying the monopoly.
I have seen Along APAPA OSHODI HIGHWAY, EPITAPH of DANGOTE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY,which I can attest that the quality of the Road have edges over that of Julius Berger,he will edge out JB which is good to have a Local replacement for that German company, but coming from same Source is monsterous in nature.
Now the same Man or say Company has taking over the Petroleum Syndicate,he now have the Biggest Refinery in the world at Ibeju Lekki and we are clapping,why can't he have such monopoly when he controls over 70% of Nigerian commerce?.
Having handed over our Petroleum into his massive congromelate ,then it is safe to suggest we should rename the nation Federal Republic of DANGOTE.
Now that same man has taking over our Petroleum,not that he refurbished our UN-REFINING Ramshackles,but started a brand New one ,build it and it is one of the Biggest in the world , whereas the Nation can't maintain the ones built by Colonials ,what temerity do we have to try the same man under our laws if he ran foul of any law ,not as if the laws are made for him ,after all as we speak his trailers are KING OF ROADS and cruise above laws, if the man do something sinister,do we have the Gut to ask him questions, not taking about interrogating him which is a Mirage.
We claim Giant of Africa instead of cripple of Africa,but we go bowls in hand begging for loans from Shylock nations, we don't have plans to pay back any borrowing because we borrow to consume and never to produce ,but we have Men who the nation subsidized so much that they are richer than the nation.
Though it has ethnic coloration, but the powers ceded to him calls for concern, After all we are raising eyebrow about JAGABAN who is just a sectional POTENTATE ,but we closed eye on the NATIONAL made Shylock.
Next the individual Lord may take over our Banks,our Skyways and that may go with our freedom.
I won't be shocked that soon he will exert credit bondage,like it is in America and Europe,where they exchanged African Slaves for Aboriginal ones , but this time with a classy torches,they created Credit Cards ,give same to their citizens who are working,so they won't have the sense to be liberated,once they gave you credit card,they will make sure you have enough Credit that you will be paying back even for the food you ate years past in future, your academic borrowed fees will also be padded for your incoming generations,once you loose your job,you are out on the Street and they created a good name for them ..HOME LESS AMERICAN'S
, yet they don't have sense ,if those places are saints as they project ,what stops them from building low cost Housing where they will Sequest all those home less?.
Give Credit card to unemployed,so they can be off the street ? Remove Guns and Cracks from hands of the Less Privileged?
They love to see them begging on the street and constituting nuisance and it makes the Oligarchy to smile a toothy smile that they have the land by the Balls .. moving back on from digression -
When you give so much power , powers of a state,powers of a Nation to an Individual,just know that power intoxicates but absolute powers creates absolute intoxication.
If we refuses to check and then Balance the enormous National wealth allowed to the control of one Man ,we should know that it's akin to one who trains PYTHON as PET,as time goes by and the owner is getting weak to continue feeding the larger in size Monster appetite,the Python will size the owner up for Dinner and that is nature.
The Sooner the nation cut off the excesses or stop the Monopoly and artificial franchise of our living,then we should be rest assured that we have replaced Colonial fiefdom with INTERNAL LORD.
I remain Mazi Odera POg JP, Mkpisi Ndi Egede , Minority Opinion writer na South East,Voice of the Voiceless,pen of the gods to less Pain of Men.
I come in peace without iota of prejudice.
You have raised very valid points and all your observations gives room for thought. We expect answers from our leaders. This country, blessed by God with so many natural resources must work, for the benefit of all.
ReplyDeleteWhat we have in Nigeria, is what Dubai has used so wisely, to create a world, where people across the globe, would do anything to live and work there.
Dubai has stopped us from coming to their country.
God, work with our leaders, liberate their minds and direct them to make our country Nigeria, a better and beautiful nation for all.